premorse (pri-MORS) adjective
Having the end abruptly truncated, as if bitten or broken off.[From Latin praemorsus, from praemordere (to bite in front), from prae-
(before), mordere (to bite). Ultimately from the Indo-European root mer-
(to rub away or to harm) that is also the source of morse, mordant,
amaranth, morbid, mortal, mortgage, and nightmare.]
-Anu Garg (words at [...]














